Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

4,043 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.64/cwt +0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 470 lb · 174 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.76/cwt +5.14 vs last sale · ≈ $781/hd at 621 lb · 152 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.81/cwt +5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 675 lb · 132 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,043	7,017	3,205
Feeder cattle	3,267	5,556	2,285
Slaughter cattle	541	933	633
Replacement cattle	235	528	287

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady on a light test with mostly moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady on a limited test. Lighter offerings prevalent this week due to the Memorial Holiday weekend as well as hay cutting in full swing.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	3	170.00	$170.00	$345	+3.17
250–280	263	4	147.50–165.00	$159.24	$419	-12.63
305–348	339	18	150.00–185.00	$171.34	$581	+5.86
355–398	379	37	150.00–175.00	$163.13	$618	-3.86
415 value added	415	1	173.00	$173.00	$718	+8.00
400–449	426	33	150.00–170.00	$162.09	$691	+3.36
455	455	1	149.00	$149.00	$678	-5.12
455–495	472	64	138.00–163.50	$155.41	$734	+1.29
488 value added	488	5	160.00	$160.00	$781	—
501–503 value added	501	11	158.00–160.00	$159.64	$800	+1.42
500–545	524	58	134.00–156.00	$146.60	$768	-1.77
545 thin fleshed	545	2	118.00	$118.00	$643	—
545 fancy	545	1	162.00	$162.00	$883	—
574–585 value added	578	30	144.25–156.00	$149.48	$864	-2.59
550–596	580	63	131.00–154.00	$141.58	$821	-2.08
595 fancy	595	2	157.00	$157.00	$934	—
610 fancy	610	1	153.00	$153.00	$933	—
600–645	625	47	129.00–144.00	$136.21	$851	-5.19
612–645 value added	626	63	144.00	$144.00	$901	-1.75
640	640	1	127.50	$127.50	$816	-13.90
653–683 value added	662	14	133.50–140.00	$138.08	$914	-4.08
650–697	672	49	125.00–144.00	$133.43	$897	+1.18
680	680	1	119.00	$119.00	$809	-13.25
709–746 value added	729	13	132.00–135.00	$133.09	$970	+2.05
710–742	730	10	122.00–133.00	$125.72	$918	-5.42
753 value added	753	2	127.00	$127.00	$956	—
750–778	762	34	120.00–134.00	$127.21	$969	+3.24
800–848	811	7	115.00–127.00	$122.38	$993	+8.37
831 value added	831	1	120.00	$120.00	$997	-4.73
930	930	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,051	+1.42
1000–1045	1019	5	102.50–109.00	$106.12	$1,081	+5.12
1060–1070	1065	2	105.00–107.00	$106.00	$1,129	—
1110–1145	1122	3	101.00–104.00	$102.33	$1,148	—
1175	1175	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,187	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	160.00	$160.00	$389	-2.60
250–298	286	5	160.00–171.00	$162.65	$465	+19.02
300–340	316	14	140.00–171.00	$157.62	$498	+10.22
365–395	377	13	140.00–163.00	$155.48	$586	+11.54
387 thin fleshed	387	3	160.00	$160.00	$619	—
400–445	423	16	140.00–159.00	$147.50	$624	+6.98
450–495	465	7	127.50–145.00	$138.16	$642	+0.86
505–515 thin fleshed	510	2	140.00–143.00	$141.51	$722	—
503–545	518	8	130.00–142.50	$133.80	$693	+5.28
550–590	572	15	125.00–137.50	$133.15	$762	+5.85
600–645	620	8	115.00–130.00	$123.93	$768	+6.37
658 thin fleshed	658	3	130.00	$130.00	$855	—
650–685	667	3	124.00–130.00	$125.95	$840	+2.47
705–720	713	2	115.00–118.00	$116.52	$831	+3.52
770	770	2	120.00	$120.00	$924	+5.00
830	830	1	109.00	$109.00	$905	+1.80
860	860	1	100.00	$100.00	$860	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	127.50	$127.50	$319	—
375	375	1	147.50	$147.50	$553	—
405	405	1	140.00	$140.00	$567	+5.00
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	±0.00
500–505	503	2	130.00–145.00	$137.54	$692	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	—
570–595	583	2	118.00–130.00	$124.13	$724	—
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	141.00	$141.00	$465	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,322	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	4	130.00–150.00	$138.43	$332	-6.64
265–290	280	9	130.00–155.00	$142.06	$398	-4.24
310 fancy	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	+6.44
305–347	329	29	125.00–151.00	$137.89	$454	-1.90
350–395	375	48	120.00–152.50	$139.96	$525	+1.85
380	380	1	125.00	$125.00	$475	-13.11
398 value added	398	4	147.00	$147.00	$585	-4.00
400 fancy	400	1	156.00	$156.00	$624	—
400–447	427	74	120.00–153.00	$138.51	$591	+4.59
461 value added	461	14	142.00	$142.00	$655	+7.50
455–480	468	2	125.00–126.00	$125.51	$587	-7.53
450–498	471	153	120.00–143.00	$132.52	$624	-0.52
470–473 fancy	472	5	147.00–148.00	$147.60	$697	—
500–547	525	115	118.00–144.00	$129.02	$677	+1.36
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	-7.66
563 thin fleshed	563	3	132.00	$132.00	$743	—
566–570 value added	568	14	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$744	-2.75
550–596	569	92	112.00–137.00	$126.02	$717	+1.01
585–590	588	2	106.00–116.00	$111.02	$653	-13.99
610 thin fleshed	610	4	116.00	$116.00	$708	—
600–621 value added	620	76	127.50–133.75	$133.13	$825	+9.30
600–645	623	70	108.00–126.00	$118.51	$738	-1.02
615–630	623	2	115.00–123.00	$119.05	$742	-0.48
650–695	667	53	107.00–128.00	$116.26	$775	-1.99
675	675	1	103.00	$103.00	$695	-15.25
655–684 value added	680	78	119.00–131.00	$129.21	$879	+5.71
700–740	723	24	100.00–124.00	$110.33	$798	-1.49
728 value added	728	4	116.00	$116.00	$844	+1.34
750–790	771	23	92.50–115.00	$108.89	$840	+0.59
777 value added	777	60	123.00	$123.00	$956	—
805–830	820	8	100.00–111.00	$107.62	$882	+6.86
855	855	2	92.00–99.00	$95.50	$817	-6.21
940	940	1	90.00	$90.00	$846	-7.97
960	960	1	90.00	$90.00	$864	-4.00
1060	1060	1	93.00	$93.00	$986	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	152.00	$152.00	$350	—
270–292	287	5	127.50–135.00	$133.39	$383	+15.39
300–340	318	6	116.00–145.00	$131.98	$420	+3.40
350–375	358	4	125.00–143.00	$134.52	$482	+13.70
407–448	425	31	124.00–137.00	$130.74	$556	+6.26
428 thin fleshed	428	2	138.00	$138.00	$591	—
450–495	476	21	115.00–134.00	$124.78	$594	+4.49
500–525	508	6	120.00–131.00	$125.82	$639	+7.20
544 thin fleshed	544	5	130.00	$130.00	$707	—
550–595	564	14	110.00–125.00	$119.70	$675	+5.49
625–640	635	5	105.00–116.00	$107.99	$686	+1.78
655–685	670	4	104.00–115.00	$108.53	$727	+3.48
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	—
765	765	1	87.50	$87.50	$669	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	135.00	$135.00	$533	—
420	420	1	127.50	$127.50	$536	+7.50
470	470	1	120.00	$120.00	$564	+3.38
505–545	525	2	110.00–120.00	$114.81	$603	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	120.00	$120.00	$322	—
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	218	2	160.00–165.00	$162.59	$354	-0.51
315 fancy	315	1	182.50	$182.50	$575	+6.81
300–335	317	5	145.00–175.00	$159.81	$507	-0.27
353–395	372	13	139.00–162.50	$154.17	$574	-1.64
415–420 fancy	418	2	153.00–163.00	$157.97	$660	-9.53
400–445	424	47	133.00–161.00	$148.52	$630	-4.22
450–495	468	64	130.00–156.00	$147.55	$691	-0.26
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	-17.81
500	500	1	130.00	$130.00	$650	-9.11
510 fancy	510	1	147.00	$147.00	$750	—
500–545	522	79	129.00–147.00	$140.63	$734	+1.52
550–595	576	69	120.00–143.00	$131.10	$755	-5.23
600–645	614	31	124.00–136.00	$130.45	$801	+0.04
650–698	670	39	117.50–130.00	$121.70	$815	-2.49
700–740	724	13	106.00–123.00	$114.78	$831	+1.80
760–780	776	9	104.00–111.00	$106.90	$830	-0.51
825–835	830	2	94.00–95.00	$94.50	$784	-5.33
865	865	1	85.00	$85.00	$735	-5.79
905	905	1	86.00	$86.00	$778	-2.12

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285	275	2	142.50–149.00	$145.63	$400	—
330–335	333	2	147.50–148.00	$147.75	$492	+0.25
400–435	416	8	136.00–146.00	$142.26	$592	+4.46
450–495	474	21	127.00–143.00	$136.41	$647	+1.63
500–545	518	8	119.00–135.00	$127.20	$659	+0.65
555–590	576	16	112.00–130.00	$122.24	$704	-0.41
600–620	610	5	111.00–124.00	$117.60	$717	+2.87
650–685	668	2	108.00–115.00	$111.59	$745	+0.22
745	745	1	87.00	$87.00	$648	-26.73
795	795	1	85.00	$85.00	$676	-10.87
810	810	1	85.00	$85.00	$688	-4.90

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	3	120.00–147.50	$135.81	$452	-14.19
375	375	1	150.00	$150.00	$562	+5.00
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	-5.00
465–495	483	3	124.00–140.00	$131.16	$634	+3.64
500–545	517	3	112.50–120.00	$114.94	$594	+4.94
550	550	1	122.00	$122.00	$671	+30.00
640	640	1	118.00	$118.00	$755	—
650–680	670	3	99.00–120.00	$105.79	$709	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	122.50	$122.50	$557	—
543	543	2	124.00	$124.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,130.00	$1,130.00	—
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1800	1800	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,998	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1735	1154	80-85%	138	59.00–78.00	$68.11	$786	+0.14
990–1520	1213	80-85%	11	54.00–64.50	$58.53	$710	—
945–1480	1225	80-85%	33	68.00–85.00	$75.74	$928	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1200	942	85-90%	10	44.00–52.50	$49.18	$463	-27.48
1015	1015	85-90%	1	74.00	$74.00	$751	+15.28
860–1360	1050	85-90%	51	46.00–69.50	$59.65	$626	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1825	1434	75-80%	56	61.50–75.50	$69.67	$999	-5.60
1430–1820	1562	75-80%	6	70.00–79.00	$76.20	$1,190	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1485	1370	2	95.50–106.50	$100.54	$1,377	—
1180–2095	1554	36	87.00–104.50	$95.92	$1,491	—
1195–2060	1598	5	77.00–87.00	$82.82	$1,323	—
1310–2200	1784	17	94.00–112.00	$103.49	$1,846	+1.87

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
900–1000	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50
900–1050	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$850.00
1000–1150	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00
925–1230	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00–985.00	$969.98
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00
1100–1270	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–875.00	$840.28
1085–1350	1232	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	725.00–1,000.00	$868.44
1180–1410	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–975.00	$888.12
1304	1304	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	885.00	$885.00
1040–1540	1306	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	925.00–1,200.00	$1,000.51
930–1398	1322	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	860.00–950.00	$937.90

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1020	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–775.00	$701.91
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
930–1210	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	675.00–875.00	$783.03
1370–1415	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1090–1230	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–1,100.00	$998.76	-301.24
1150–1200	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,157.27	—
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,416.67	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,403.33	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–585	582	3	70.00	$70.00	$407	—
665	665	2	100.00	$100.00	$665	—
718	718	2	95.00	$95.00	$682	—
860	860	2	94.00	$94.00	$808	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	3	122.00	$122.00	$357	—
475	475	1	104.00	$104.00	$494	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	88.00	$88.00	$528	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.